Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 31, 1985, Docket No. 84-R4D2-1112 (Vernon, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Ben Dow, General Manager. For DOSH: Miriam P. Abner, Assistant CSE.
An alleged general violation of 3231(d) (stairways) was vacated.
Stairs, Treads to be Slip-Resistant, No Violation where Stairs Made of Gravel. Employer, operator of an animal fat and bone rendering plant, was cited for violation of a requirement that stairway treads be slip-resistant.
The Division's engineer testified in part that the stairs were oily and slippery from grease, lacked slip-resistant treads, and appeared to be made of gra
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